Evangelical Lutheran Church in Brunswick

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Lutheran regional church Protestant church body member church of the Evangelical Church in Germany

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Brunswick is a regional Protestant church body in Germany that forms part of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) and follows the Lutheran tradition.

Aliases (1)

Evangelisch-lutherische Landeskirche in Braunschweig ×1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Lutheran regional church → Protestant church body → member church of the Evangelical Church in Germany →
abbreviation	ELC Brunswick →
affiliation	Evangelical Church in Germany →
associatedWith	Brunswick Cathedral → city of Braunschweig →
belongsTo	Protestant state churches in Germany →
churchPolity	episcopal polity →
clergyTitle	bishop →
country	Germany →
denomination	Lutheranism →
doctrine	Augsburg Confession →
ecclesiasticalTradition	German Landeskirche system →
foundingDate	16th century →
governingBody	synod →
hasParishesIn	Lower Saxony → Saxony-Anhalt NERFINISHED → Thuringia NERFINISHED →
headquartersLocation	Braunschweig →
historicalOrigin	Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg Reformation →
isPartOf	Community of Protestant Churches in Europe → Lutheran World Federation → United Evangelical Lutheran Church of Germany →
languageOfWorship	German →
legalStatus	public-law corporation in Germany →
liturgicalLanguage	German →
mainClassification	Landeskirche →
memberOf	Evangelical Church in Germany →
nativeName	Evangelisch-lutherische Landeskirche in Braunschweig →
nativeNameLanguage	German →
orientation	confessional Lutheran →
primaryScripture	Bible →
regionServed	Brunswick → parts of Lower Saxony → parts of Saxony-Anhalt → parts of Thuringia →
religion	Christianity →
religiousFamily	Protestantism →
rite	Western liturgical tradition →
territorialChurchOf	former Duchy of Brunswick →
theology	Lutheran theology →
typeOfOrganization	regional church body →
uses	Lutheran confessional writings →
website	https://www.landeskirche-braunschweig.de →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Evangelical Church in Germany →	hasRegionalChurches
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Brunswick ("Evangelisch-lutherische Landeskirche in Braunschweig") →	nativeName